Inner City Muslim

Non-fiction ∙ Poetry ∙ “The women on either side of me / offer me comfort in this lonesome city. / المدينة موحشة / سيدني”

Non-fiction, PoetryMajidi K5 July 2019ibis house, subbed in, non-fiction, MOSQUE, friday, Majidi K

Closing my eyes when we kiss: a piece about autism and sex work

Memoir ∙ “You can definitely see I am living my best autistic life right now.”

Non-fiction, MemoirAngel Parker4 July 2019ibis house, subbed in, non-fiction, memoir, Jack Kirne, angel parker, sex work, sex work is work, autism, ableism, Closing my eyes when we kiss: a piece about autism and sex work

Tropic of Capricorn

Poetry ∙ “swallowing watermelon seeds / my neon fingertips cannot press”

PoetryMitch Tomas Cave4 July 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, mitch thomas cave, tropic of capricorn

𝕄𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝔸𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 / Mariah Carey leaves a weed dispensary at 1am in Aspen wearing a 7 foot gown with custom appliques

Poetry ∙ “Nails so long they reach satellites / At night, nobody”

PoetryJonno Revanche2 July 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, poems, Jonno Revanche, mariah carey, sailor moon, usagi, weed

I am interviewed before my critically acclaimed Like a Version performance on Triple J, a radio station I have not listened to since 2009

Poetry ∙ “my voice is good / but most voices are good”

PoetryAdalya Nash Hussein1 July 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, madeleine dale, pete evans, underworld, poems, Adalya Nash Hussein, triple j, delusions of grandeur, Like a Version

Purchase Today

Poetry ∙ “There is a cockroach that flutters in and out behind the underworld of shelves and taste-tests the sudden atmosphere”

PoetryNick Chlopicki1 July 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, tropic of capricorn, capitalism, nick chlopicki

In the cult

Fiction ∙ “No judgement, just a choice in place of no-choice.”

Fiction, Flash FictionHollen Singleton30 June 2019ibis house, subbed in, Hollen Singleton, cult, in the cult, short story, fiction, flash fiction

is this a gender?

Poetry ∙ “All of this is ash & smoke / & what’s left is pure concentrated memes”

Poetry, Non-fictionRobin M Eames30 June 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, is this a gender?, trans, queer, non-binary, non-fiction, poems, Robin M Eames, queercrip, experimental, meme, memes

Pictures of skin

Poetry ∙ “cover my wounds with pictures of wounds”

PoetryJackson Nieuwland31 May 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, this is only a dream, JACKSON NIEUWLAND, Pictures of skin

this is only a dream

Poetry ∙ “we can put our hoodies on without a problem”

PoetryVanessa Maki20 May 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, Vanessa Maki, we can put our hoodies on without a problem, this is only a dream

Independent schools are the franking credits of education. It’s time to defund them.

Opinion ∙ “The public funding independent schools receive is a subsidy for the rich — a credit — and they don’t need it.”

Non-fiction, OpinionDan Hogan16 May 2019ibis house, subbed in, non-fiction, opinion, Dan Hogan, education, election, politics, dan hogan

Small data

Poetry ∙ “People who don’t see the value in small data / have never, obviously, been in love”

PoetryAlex Gallagher14 May 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, Small data, allison gallagher, parenthetical bodies, Alex Gallagher

stem

Poetry ∙ “I took the brains out of the clock with my bare hands.”

PoetryAnnelise Roberts5 May 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, fathima, Annelise Roberts, stem

Before you ask, it was definitely Michael Douglas

Fiction ∙ “But Michael Douglas’s face is hidden by the rings of Saturn.”

FictionVictoria Hannan18 April 2019ibis house, subbed in, short story, Victoria Hannan, Before you ask, it was definitely Michael Douglas, Michael Douglas, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Kokomo

The last girl guide

Memoir ∙ “It was hopeless, Catholic Boys see through straight drag.”

Non-fiction, MemoirJack Kirne18 April 2019ibis house, subbed in, non-fiction, memoir, The last girl guide, Jack Kirne

Letters to Adam

Memoir ∙ “I’m sorry that my dad now lives in your shed.”

Non-fiction, MemoirVivienne Coburn18 April 2019ibis house, subbed in, non-fiction, Vivienne Coburn, memoir, Letters to Adam

Two poems

Poetry ∙ fathima ∙ You Can't Hurry Love — 2016 Remastered — Hello, I Must Be Going!

PoetryRasy Bayu29 March 2019ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, rasy bayu, fathima

Eason Chan in my room

Non-fiction ∙ “He sings the final line as ‘K歌之王 / 係我’ (“The karaoke king is me”) instead of ‘K歌之王 / 是我’ as it is on the record. Hearing this, I finally see the story, like removing the scaffolding to reveal the building behind.”